How to be a Human Being

Kaip būti žmogumi

During a conference at a hotel, a woman in her mid-thirties meets a man that she used to date in her teenage years. She accuses him of ‘date-rape’ back then. She works at the conference and has to help him prepare for a presentation. They start to talk. It turns out that things were different than she had thought for many years.

Information

Year
2023
Genre
Fiction
Duration
15'
Production country
Lithuania
Dialogues
Lithuanian
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Team

Director
Jorė Janavičiūtė
Producer
Greta Akcijonaitė, Gabija Siurbytė
Script
Jorė Janavičiūtė
Cinematography
Vytautas Katkus
Editing
Silvija Vilkaitė-Ramanauskė
Sound designer
Dominyka Adomaitytė
Cast
Gelminė Glemžaitė, Giedrius Kiela
Production company
Kino metro pilis, Dansu films

Contacts

Greta Akcijonaitė, Kino metropolis
greta@garbo.lt

Director's biography

Jorė Janavičiūtė

Jorė Janavičiūtė has a BA in Journalism from Vilnius University (2014), has completed a Film Production course in European Film College in Denmark (2015) and holds a Film Directing MA from Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater (2018). Her previous short films were screened in a number of festivals around the world and won awards. Jorė is currently developing new film projects, lecturing at Vilnius University, writing articles for Lithuanian media as well as working in casting on film and commercial productions.

Filmography

Where Things, Where People Disappear / Kur dingsta daiktai, kur dingsta žmonės (2017, short fiction)
On Time / Laiku (2019, short fiction)
<3 / Less Than Three / <3 / Mažiau nei trys (2019, short documentary)
Parking Lot / Automobilių stovėjimo aikštelė (2021, short fiction)
How To Be A Human Being / Kaip būti žmogumi (2022, short fiction)